"I'm travelin' down that lonesome road. Feel like I'm draggin' a heavy load. Yet I've tried to turn my head away, feel about the same most every day. You know what I'm talking about."

In just one week La Junta will be speeding down the fast lane, we'll be flirtin' with disaster as Molly Hatchet comes to town.

The party kicks off on Friday evening with a Hospice Appreciation Night.

Friday evening only people can use beer tokens from previous years of Music at the Junction from 5 to 7 p.m. The two-hour window is a special time to use the tokens as current tokens will be the only tokens accepted the rest of the time.

Entry to Friday evening's Hospice Appreciation Night is free, but donations will be accepted. Donations will be given to Arkansas Valley Hospice. Gates open at 5 p.m.

The 6035 Band takes the stage at 6 p.m. to play a variety of music that will suit all tastes. Friday will be a kid-friendly evening as there will be bounce houses, snow cones and lots of fun.

Stevens will be at the pool on Friday from 3 to 5 p.m., kicking off the event.

On Saturday the WipeOut Swimming Pool will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission on Saturday, Aug. 4, will be $1.

After some swimming fun, gates will open at Potter Park. Music begins at 4 p.m. with Brethern Flow from Springfield, Money Shot from Denver will start at 6 p.m. and headliner Molly Hatchet takes the stage at 9 p.m.

Brethern Flow and Money Shot are donating their performance because it's for Hospice.

Tickets are $20 ahead of time and $25 at the gate. Tickets for Saturday's show can be purchased at the La Junta Senior Center, Ruby's, Country Chiropractic and ticketweb.com until 5 p.m. Friday, then at the Hospice Appreciation Night until 11 p.m.

People can follow Music at the Junction on their Facebook page and can also visit them at www.musicatthejunction.com. As of press time, the website has had 65,00 hits since the beginning of this year. Advertising is paid through a generous grant from the Tourism Board. The Music at the Junction committee has purchased over 60 commercials on 12 different radio stations. "Music at the Junction" and "La Junta" is heard by 100,000 people a day.

Last year 39 towns from Colorado and six different states were represented at the event with about 3,000 people in attendance.

Brad Swartz and Dawn Block of the Music at the Junction committee wanted to thank the many volunteers and sponsors who help put this on. They just couldn't do it without the volunteers and sponsors.

"The event is not only good for Hospice but also good for La Junta and all of southeastern Colorado" Swartz said. "We've become a destination location and not just a pass through."